1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,080 Today I want to talk to you about a really important topic 2 00:00:02,080 --> 00:00:06,080 that is foundational for your health and Wellness journey. 3 00:00:06,080 --> 00:00:07,920 Whether you're trying to lose weight physically, whether 4 00:00:07,920 --> 00:00:11,200 you're trying to just feel better in general and have more 5 00:00:11,200 --> 00:00:14,720 joy in your life, whatever your Wellness goals are. 6 00:00:14,720 --> 00:00:18,000 And I say Wellness because this is not just about weight loss 7 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:20,440 physically. This is not just about how much 8 00:00:20,440 --> 00:00:23,320 you weigh. This is about carrying around 9 00:00:23,320 --> 00:00:28,760 baggage that is weighing you down emotionally and mentally 10 00:00:28,760 --> 00:00:34,200 and spiritually and running to the wrong sources for filling 11 00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:37,400 those voids in our life and usually running to food, but a 12 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:39,200 lot of times we can fill it with anything. 13 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:42,080 With the when I say voids, I mean the God shaped holes in our 14 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:45,280 hearts that we carry around with us that only God can fill. 15 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:48,080 But we try to fill them with things that are the wrong shape. 16 00:00:48,120 --> 00:00:51,800 They don't fit in that hole, that void that we that we feel, 17 00:00:51,800 --> 00:00:53,000 we feel like something's missing. 18 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:55,720 We feel like something's off, but we don't know what it is, so 19 00:00:55,720 --> 00:00:58,080 we just numb out. We go to food, we go to Netflix, 20 00:00:58,080 --> 00:01:02,640 we go to scrolling social media. Whatever it is you go to to fill 21 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:05,640 that void, it's not going to help you. 22 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:07,880 So that's why the biblical body plant was created, honestly, 23 00:01:07,880 --> 00:01:11,720 because there is so much about weight loss in general that 24 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:16,800 really is attached to the weight that we carry inside internally. 25 00:01:16,800 --> 00:01:19,760 The depression, the emotional things that we deal with that 26 00:01:19,760 --> 00:01:23,880 have us going to food, stress, like text, adrenals, text, you 27 00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:26,000 know, all these things like high cortisol's hormones. 28 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:30,520 There's a lot to do with why we have physical weight issues when 29 00:01:30,520 --> 00:01:32,800 we have all these emotional things that we're carrying 30 00:01:32,800 --> 00:01:34,320 around with us. So today I want to talk to you 31 00:01:34,320 --> 00:01:37,040 about who you are and if you're thinking what are you talking 32 00:01:37,040 --> 00:01:38,640 about, Catherine? I know who I am. 33 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:41,720 Well, I mean, I know who I am too, because I have a driver's 34 00:01:41,720 --> 00:01:45,000 license and it tells me my name. And my mother named me, and 35 00:01:45,360 --> 00:01:46,880 people have called me my name my whole life. 36 00:01:46,880 --> 00:01:49,120 I know who I am, right? Like, I know my name, But for a 37 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:54,280 long time, I did not know who I was in my being at the deepest 38 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:58,560 part of who I am. I thought who I was was what 39 00:01:58,560 --> 00:02:02,040 other people told me was what happened to me. 40 00:02:02,040 --> 00:02:04,680 You know, I thought I was unlovable, for instance, because 41 00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:08,160 I was not loved well as a child, because I was treated poorly, 42 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:10,720 because I was abused and neglected and hurt. 43 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:13,240 And so I believe that I was unlovable. 44 00:02:13,240 --> 00:02:14,840 So that was something I thought I was. 45 00:02:14,840 --> 00:02:16,920 That was who who I am. I would say that to you. 46 00:02:16,920 --> 00:02:19,240 If somebody said who are you? I'd say, well, I'm unlovable. 47 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:23,000 I am too much. I am unseen in my heart. 48 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:26,400 I think I would say those things to myself a lot. 49 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:30,680 I would just remind myself of who I was in the negative ways, 50 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:32,520 right in all of those. And some people call them 51 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:35,480 limiting beliefs would just come to the surface. 52 00:02:35,480 --> 00:02:37,960 Anytime I would think about who am I really? 53 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:40,360 And all those negative things would usually come up. 54 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:42,400 And some of those negative things would not even be the 55 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:44,680 nicest words that I couldn't even say right now. 56 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:46,920 I wouldn't even want say right now to you. 57 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:50,040 So if you're thinking I don't, I mean, I know who I am, 58 00:02:50,040 --> 00:02:52,320 Catherine. I want to talk to you about who 59 00:02:52,320 --> 00:02:55,920 you are in Christ. I want to talk to you apart from 60 00:02:55,960 --> 00:02:59,960 who you are because of the labels that have been placed on 61 00:02:59,960 --> 00:03:03,680 you, who you are based on what you've done, who you are based 62 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:07,400 on, you know, the accolades or the social status that you carry 63 00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:09,880 or whatever it is. I want to talk to you about who 64 00:03:09,880 --> 00:03:13,760 you are in Christ and take all the other stuff off and we're 65 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:16,720 going to lay it aside for just a few minutes, OK? 66 00:03:16,720 --> 00:03:20,560 So if you don't know who you are, it's going to be really 67 00:03:20,560 --> 00:03:23,280 difficult to walk in your true identity. 68 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:27,840 And now I don't mean as a mom or a wife or a business owner or an 69 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:31,080 employee or whatever other badge you wear. 70 00:03:31,360 --> 00:03:36,240 I really mean knowing who you are and who you were created to 71 00:03:36,240 --> 00:03:40,760 be so that you can cancel out the negative self talk that you 72 00:03:40,760 --> 00:03:43,920 have in your mind about who you are in those limiting beliefs. 73 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:48,280 And you can start to choose life giving thoughts that can help 74 00:03:48,280 --> 00:03:54,600 you to banish anger, anxiety, depression, loneliness, feelings 75 00:03:54,600 --> 00:03:59,240 of shame and worthlessness and even really help you to see how 76 00:03:59,240 --> 00:04:03,760 you belong, how you belong in a family that God put you in a 77 00:04:03,760 --> 00:04:06,560 family. And he didn't just happen to 78 00:04:06,560 --> 00:04:08,840 pick you because he felt so sorry for you. 79 00:04:08,880 --> 00:04:12,400 And and you're just this poor pitiful orphan on the street 80 00:04:12,400 --> 00:04:14,520 corner somewhere. And he had pity on you and said, 81 00:04:14,520 --> 00:04:17,320 Aww, just come on in here. I guess you can have the scraps. 82 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:21,959 No, he says, come in fully. I have adopted you. 83 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:26,040 I have said you are mine. I have, I have given you all 84 00:04:26,040 --> 00:04:27,400 that I have. It's yours. 85 00:04:27,440 --> 00:04:30,240 It's actually yours because why? I'm your father now. 86 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:33,640 That's how God views us. But unfortunately, we don't view 87 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:36,880 us that way. We typically view us like, well, 88 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:39,080 I should be so grateful to have you in the scraps. 89 00:04:39,360 --> 00:04:43,480 That's not God's plan for you. That is not God's plan for you. 90 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:46,840 He wants to give you more than the scraps. 91 00:04:47,200 --> 00:04:50,920 He wants to give you. Everything that he has is yours. 92 00:04:50,960 --> 00:04:53,720 Everything He's given you his authority. 93 00:04:53,880 --> 00:04:56,320 He's given you his his robe and his ring, right? 94 00:04:56,320 --> 00:04:59,600 Like according to the word, when when the the prodigal son came 95 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:02,240 home, the father did what? He took off his ring and gave it 96 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:05,440 to his son. This is as a symbol that 97 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:09,320 everything I have is yours, that I'm even giving you the 98 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:13,200 authority to speak on my behalf. And all those things are yours. 99 00:05:13,200 --> 00:05:17,520 But unfortunately, we don't walk in our identity in Christ and in 100 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:21,520 the authority that we're given. So we end up leading a less than 101 00:05:21,520 --> 00:05:24,120 life. We end up settling and we end up 102 00:05:24,120 --> 00:05:27,360 dealing with things in our lives that we were never meant to deal 103 00:05:27,360 --> 00:05:31,040 with and allow in our lives that we really have the authority to 104 00:05:31,040 --> 00:05:33,680 say, you know what you can get up out of here right now because 105 00:05:34,240 --> 00:05:37,160 you have no place here. Like, I'm not going to deal with 106 00:05:37,160 --> 00:05:40,440 this because I am a son or daughter of the Most High King 107 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:46,560 and I have the authority to speak to you, Satan, and you 108 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:48,680 have to flee. We're just told to resist the 109 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:51,520 devil and he will have to flee from you. 110 00:05:51,520 --> 00:05:53,640 So all we have to do is resist him and say like, Nope, I'm 111 00:05:53,640 --> 00:05:57,880 going to remind you right now that you already are a defeated 112 00:05:57,920 --> 00:05:59,760 foe. So you can't come at me with all 113 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:03,280 this anger and anxiety and all the shame and all these feelings 114 00:06:03,280 --> 00:06:05,200 of worthlessness. Like I said, when I started 115 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:09,080 chatting with you about, you know, the feelings that I had of 116 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:12,440 being unlovable because I, I really didn't even feel 117 00:06:12,440 --> 00:06:16,680 unlovable. I literally identified as an 118 00:06:16,680 --> 00:06:20,480 unlovable human. Like, that's what I I thought I 119 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:22,200 was. That's who I thought I was. 120 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:25,320 And I'm sure that there are some things that you could probably 121 00:06:25,320 --> 00:06:28,680 think of in your own lives that you would say, yeah, actually, I 122 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:31,160 identify as, you know, not worthy. 123 00:06:31,160 --> 00:06:36,320 I identify as feeling less than or unseen or not important or 124 00:06:36,320 --> 00:06:39,240 whatever it is, or not smart or not pretty or not whatever. 125 00:06:39,240 --> 00:06:42,000 You we can come up with all kinds of crazy things that 126 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:44,600 people have told us or that we have believed because of the 127 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:46,800 whispers of the lies of the enemy. 128 00:06:47,040 --> 00:06:51,600 But when you know who you are are and you know to whom you 129 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:55,880 belong, you can start to see yourself and the world around 130 00:06:55,880 --> 00:06:58,480 you differently. So I think it's safe to say that 131 00:06:58,480 --> 00:07:02,280 most of us are pretty careful to make sure that our identity is 132 00:07:02,280 --> 00:07:05,760 safe from those who would like want to steal it and use it to, 133 00:07:05,840 --> 00:07:08,960 you know, go buy crazy things on credit, right? 134 00:07:08,960 --> 00:07:11,200 You've been told to shred really important documents. 135 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:13,720 Don't just like throw them away. You've been told don't give out 136 00:07:13,720 --> 00:07:16,800 your Social Security number or any other personal information 137 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:19,160 over the phone, right? You've been told to check your 138 00:07:19,160 --> 00:07:22,200 credit reports and make sure you know what's going on on there 139 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:25,040 and look for suspicious activity. 140 00:07:25,040 --> 00:07:29,160 And don't use your debit PIN at the gas pumps and buy wallets 141 00:07:29,160 --> 00:07:31,200 that have these special things in them, right? 142 00:07:31,200 --> 00:07:33,840 That can protect against scammers coming up and getting 143 00:07:33,840 --> 00:07:35,920 your credit or debit card number from your wallet. 144 00:07:36,120 --> 00:07:38,880 And the list could continue on and on and on about how we are 145 00:07:38,880 --> 00:07:42,080 supposed to be protecting ourselves from identity theft. 146 00:07:42,320 --> 00:07:45,680 And if you've ever had your identity stolen, then you know 147 00:07:45,680 --> 00:07:48,480 the time that it takes to clean up that mess and how much it 148 00:07:48,480 --> 00:07:51,160 costs to get things set right again. 149 00:07:51,480 --> 00:07:55,120 And I know personally the heartache of identity theft 150 00:07:55,240 --> 00:07:58,320 myself. And I mean, like I have had my 151 00:07:58,320 --> 00:08:03,000 identity stolen physically like that, like IRL, like not cool. 152 00:08:03,240 --> 00:08:05,720 Somebody was working under my Social Security number and I was 153 00:08:05,720 --> 00:08:08,080 like, what? I mean, so that's not a good 154 00:08:08,080 --> 00:08:09,920 feeling. But I'm not talking about that 155 00:08:09,920 --> 00:08:13,160 kind of identity theft. I'm talking about the kind that 156 00:08:13,160 --> 00:08:19,680 causes compromise to my soul, not my financial portfolio, but 157 00:08:19,680 --> 00:08:22,560 I the one that causes compromise to my soul. 158 00:08:22,560 --> 00:08:25,200 So while I was busy trying to protect myself from all the 159 00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:30,080 world's predators, the enemy of all humanity came in like a 160 00:08:30,080 --> 00:08:33,880 sneaky little thief, undetected and posing as truth. 161 00:08:34,320 --> 00:08:37,559 And his intention was to keep me from ever discovering the 162 00:08:37,559 --> 00:08:42,400 authority and the assets and the gifts that came with my true 163 00:08:42,400 --> 00:08:44,680 identity. So it's really wise to be 164 00:08:44,680 --> 00:08:47,960 diligent and protecting your physical identity for sure. 165 00:08:48,280 --> 00:08:52,360 But what if we're spending all our time focusing on the wrong 166 00:08:52,440 --> 00:08:57,120 type of identity theft? So, according to First Peter 5/8 167 00:08:57,120 --> 00:09:00,960 and John 1010, there is a thief prowling around like a lion, 168 00:09:01,120 --> 00:09:05,640 seeking whom he may devour right under our noses. 169 00:09:05,840 --> 00:09:10,840 He comes to steal and to kill and to destroy, and it isn't 170 00:09:10,840 --> 00:09:15,560 even easily detected. Unless we are watching, our eyes 171 00:09:15,560 --> 00:09:19,440 are fully open, we are fully aware of what's going on around 172 00:09:19,440 --> 00:09:21,400 us. In the spirit, we need to know 173 00:09:21,400 --> 00:09:24,000 these things are happening. And so we can't just be The 174 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:26,040 Walking Dead, right? Like we're just walking, 175 00:09:26,520 --> 00:09:28,880 breathing, but we're not fully aware. 176 00:09:28,920 --> 00:09:30,960 In tune with what's happening around us. 177 00:09:30,960 --> 00:09:36,040 We have got to wake up up and true identity theft is at an all 178 00:09:36,040 --> 00:09:37,840 time high. I mean, you can see it 179 00:09:37,840 --> 00:09:40,800 everywhere. Humans that identify as animals 180 00:09:41,040 --> 00:09:43,560 and, and boys and girls don't even know if they're boys and 181 00:09:43,560 --> 00:09:46,040 girls anymore. And you know, you know, men that 182 00:09:46,040 --> 00:09:48,440 identify as women so they can play certain sports in the 183 00:09:48,440 --> 00:09:50,320 women's arenas and all these crazy things. 184 00:09:50,320 --> 00:09:54,360 Parents who, you know, refuse to pick a gender on their child's 185 00:09:54,360 --> 00:09:57,280 birth certificate because they feel like it should be the 186 00:09:57,280 --> 00:09:59,640 child's choice to choose. I'm sorry, what? 187 00:09:59,760 --> 00:10:06,680 Like what does not even make any sense how crazy the identity 188 00:10:06,680 --> 00:10:08,760 theft really is in the world right now. 189 00:10:08,760 --> 00:10:12,400 It's just so crazy prevalent, even more so than just lying 190 00:10:12,400 --> 00:10:16,680 about, you know, your lack of, of worth and, and being 191 00:10:16,680 --> 00:10:18,800 unlovable. But now it's just a full on 192 00:10:18,800 --> 00:10:23,680 assault of, of your actual creation that God created you to 193 00:10:23,680 --> 00:10:25,680 be. And it's just everywhere. 194 00:10:25,680 --> 00:10:27,760 And it's being, being more and more accepted. 195 00:10:27,960 --> 00:10:30,680 It's being more and more like the norm, I guess. 196 00:10:30,920 --> 00:10:33,480 And so it's numbing a lot of people. 197 00:10:33,480 --> 00:10:35,920 And I'm not saying everyone, definitely not everyone. 198 00:10:35,920 --> 00:10:40,720 There are so many of us that are aware of what's going on in the 199 00:10:40,720 --> 00:10:44,760 spirit realm and, and the plans and the plots of the attacks of 200 00:10:44,760 --> 00:10:46,960 the enemy. We are aware because we're 201 00:10:46,960 --> 00:10:49,640 spending time in the the word, we're spending time with the 202 00:10:49,640 --> 00:10:51,520 Lord. We're getting our own closets 203 00:10:51,520 --> 00:10:55,160 cleaned out and inviting the Holy Spirit to fill every space 204 00:10:55,160 --> 00:10:58,000 that's that's been cleaned out the minute it gets cleaned out. 205 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:00,000 So we're doing all those things, and we know that, but not 206 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:01,560 everybody is. OK. 207 00:11:01,840 --> 00:11:04,120 So. And those are some of the more 208 00:11:04,120 --> 00:11:06,960 obvious identity issues that the world is facing, right? 209 00:11:06,960 --> 00:11:08,960 Like sexual identity, for instance. 210 00:11:08,960 --> 00:11:11,800 That's a big one. But what about the less obvious? 211 00:11:11,960 --> 00:11:14,360 OK, they're not any less important. 212 00:11:14,680 --> 00:11:18,920 They're just less obvious. So for a very long time I did 213 00:11:18,920 --> 00:11:22,160 not know who I was. I mean, I thought I knew who I 214 00:11:22,160 --> 00:11:26,040 was like when I started this chatting with you, but not who I 215 00:11:26,040 --> 00:11:29,640 was intended to be, who I thought I was. 216 00:11:29,880 --> 00:11:32,880 Look like a really cheap knock off of the real version. 217 00:11:32,880 --> 00:11:36,960 So it wasn't really who I was supposed to be. 218 00:11:37,360 --> 00:11:39,760 So I want you to think about this for a few minutes. 219 00:11:39,880 --> 00:11:44,960 Let's just imagine that you were born into royalty, OK? 220 00:11:44,960 --> 00:11:49,320 Your father was a king. You're the heir of a throne. 221 00:11:49,320 --> 00:11:53,640 And so your purpose will be to learn to rule just like him. 222 00:11:53,640 --> 00:11:56,400 You've been given authority. You've been given the power to 223 00:11:56,400 --> 00:11:59,160 use for the protection and the advancement of the people who 224 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:02,200 are following you. And there's big plans for your 225 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:04,760 future, you know, ones that are going to change the world. 226 00:12:04,760 --> 00:12:06,280 They're going to make it a better place. 227 00:12:06,680 --> 00:12:09,160 And everyone in the Kingdom knows this and they're super 228 00:12:09,160 --> 00:12:12,760 excited about you coming on the scene as like the new authority 229 00:12:12,760 --> 00:12:15,720 and the ruler. Once the you know, once you, you 230 00:12:15,840 --> 00:12:17,640 are the new king or queen, right? 231 00:12:17,880 --> 00:12:20,160 And they want to see what you're going to do once you're old 232 00:12:20,160 --> 00:12:24,360 enough to realize your true potential and everyone knows it. 233 00:12:24,360 --> 00:12:26,640 Everyone OK? Everyone is super excited except 234 00:12:26,640 --> 00:12:28,840 for one. And this one that isn't excited 235 00:12:28,840 --> 00:12:32,000 hates all who are born to the king. 236 00:12:32,320 --> 00:12:36,360 He hates your very existence from the moment of conception. 237 00:12:36,360 --> 00:12:41,600 You are a threat to his plans, and so he plans any schemes. 238 00:12:41,840 --> 00:12:45,080 And then he waits for the perfect opportunity to take you 239 00:12:45,080 --> 00:12:47,520 out. And as soon as one opens up, 240 00:12:47,520 --> 00:12:52,240 just even for a moment, he swoops in and snatches you right 241 00:12:52,240 --> 00:12:54,400 out from under your royal nanny's nose. 242 00:12:54,720 --> 00:12:57,800 And you'll never be allowed to know your true identity and what 243 00:12:57,800 --> 00:13:02,400 purpose you were born to serve. Instead of growing up knowing 244 00:13:02,400 --> 00:13:06,320 your authority and your power, you grow up feeling less than. 245 00:13:06,920 --> 00:13:10,160 Instead of being told you were meant to rule, you're now told 246 00:13:10,160 --> 00:13:13,320 you have no purpose. So you go along thinking, 247 00:13:13,880 --> 00:13:15,320 there's nothing really special about me. 248 00:13:15,760 --> 00:13:19,960 I'm just a common, everyday, ordinary, regular person. 249 00:13:20,120 --> 00:13:25,080 And the enemy does everything that he can to keep you from 250 00:13:25,080 --> 00:13:30,560 realizing who you really are or what you were born to do and who 251 00:13:30,560 --> 00:13:33,520 you were born to be. He knows that if you ever 252 00:13:33,520 --> 00:13:35,920 realize who you really are, that he's done for. 253 00:13:36,560 --> 00:13:40,040 And it kind of sounds like this story is like a, to me at least, 254 00:13:40,040 --> 00:13:43,360 this is a mix of like several different Disney movies, right? 255 00:13:43,360 --> 00:13:45,440 Like, But the first one that comes to mind when I think about 256 00:13:45,440 --> 00:13:47,760 this is the movie Sleeping Beauty. 257 00:13:48,480 --> 00:13:51,160 I'm not a Disney fan, OK? Like I, I'm very anti Disney. 258 00:13:51,160 --> 00:13:54,680 Now that I know all the things that they stand for and the 259 00:13:54,680 --> 00:13:59,240 evilness behind Disney, I just cannot, I do not support them in 260 00:13:59,240 --> 00:14:01,040 any way. But when I was a little girl, 261 00:14:01,040 --> 00:14:03,240 one of my favorite movies was Sleeping Beauty. 262 00:14:03,560 --> 00:14:05,440 And this was what I always kind of thought. 263 00:14:05,600 --> 00:14:08,400 I always thought of myself as this lost Princess. 264 00:14:08,400 --> 00:14:12,720 Like I must be so lost. There's no way this can be my 265 00:14:12,720 --> 00:14:15,600 life. Even though I was being told so 266 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:19,120 many lies about who I was, something deep down inside me 267 00:14:19,120 --> 00:14:22,000 just knew I was meant for more. And you are too. 268 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:24,400 And I don't mean like we're supposed to be in the limelight 269 00:14:24,400 --> 00:14:27,840 or we're supposed to be some big somebody on a stage somewhere. 270 00:14:27,840 --> 00:14:30,480 That's not what I mean. I just mean that you were meant 271 00:14:30,480 --> 00:14:34,320 for something greater than even if you had the best life and you 272 00:14:34,320 --> 00:14:37,200 had all the things and, and all the opportunities given to you, 273 00:14:37,440 --> 00:14:39,560 you're still meant for something more. 274 00:14:39,560 --> 00:14:41,960 There's something that God created you for specifically. 275 00:14:42,200 --> 00:14:45,160 And you, it's your job to figure that out in this world. 276 00:14:45,160 --> 00:14:48,040 And the only way we figure that out is truly like seeking him 277 00:14:48,680 --> 00:14:51,760 and listening to him and, and asking him every day. 278 00:14:52,560 --> 00:14:55,760 So anyways, this, even though it sounds like, you know, a bunch 279 00:14:55,760 --> 00:14:59,640 of Disney movies mixed together, this is the reality of exactly 280 00:14:59,640 --> 00:15:03,840 what's happening to us and our children every single day, every 281 00:15:03,840 --> 00:15:05,160 single moment of every single day. 282 00:15:05,400 --> 00:15:08,520 The enemy is trying to come in at the youngest age possible and 283 00:15:08,920 --> 00:15:12,600 steal, kill and destroy our futures, our children's futures, 284 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:14,600 our lives. We go back. 285 00:15:14,600 --> 00:15:16,080 How does the matter if you're 60 years old? 286 00:15:16,280 --> 00:15:19,240 We go back and we remember all the things that were said to us 287 00:15:19,240 --> 00:15:21,960 or done to us when we were 5 or 6 or 7. 288 00:15:22,240 --> 00:15:26,600 And we carry those things into our, our life, our present life. 289 00:15:26,920 --> 00:15:30,960 And it's unfortunate that, you know, it happens and it, and it 290 00:15:30,960 --> 00:15:34,960 shapes how we do in life, you know, at whatever stage age you 291 00:15:34,960 --> 00:15:39,160 are at. So it's really important to, it 292 00:15:39,160 --> 00:15:41,120 doesn't matter how long you haven't done this, but it's 293 00:15:41,120 --> 00:15:44,760 really important to go back and say, OK, I know that these are 294 00:15:44,760 --> 00:15:48,520 the things that my first grade teacher said to me, but is that 295 00:15:48,520 --> 00:15:51,440 really true? Is that really what God says? 296 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:55,360 Am I really illiterate? No, I can read. 297 00:15:55,480 --> 00:15:58,240 I, I mean, I didn't have anybody to tell me I was illiterate, but 298 00:15:58,240 --> 00:16:01,800 I was made fun of for not being able to read well multiple times 299 00:16:01,800 --> 00:16:04,360 as a child. And I love to read. 300 00:16:04,560 --> 00:16:06,200 I read a lot out loud. Actually. 301 00:16:06,200 --> 00:16:07,960 I read. I've been reading to my children 302 00:16:07,960 --> 00:16:09,960 out loud. My oldest is 21. 303 00:16:10,160 --> 00:16:13,880 For a very long time now, every day I read out loud to my kids. 304 00:16:14,160 --> 00:16:17,280 And at first it was awkward and hard and weird, just kind of 305 00:16:17,280 --> 00:16:19,560 like when you were in school. If you can go back and picture 306 00:16:19,560 --> 00:16:24,200 that time where you were asked to read a paragraph out of some 307 00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:27,320 kind of textbook and you're like, like, what if I come 308 00:16:27,320 --> 00:16:29,360 across this word? I don't know. 309 00:16:29,360 --> 00:16:34,480 And that was actually 100% my life because I struggled so much 310 00:16:34,480 --> 00:16:35,760 with words. I still do. 311 00:16:35,920 --> 00:16:38,360 Even reading the Bible. I'm like, what is that? 312 00:16:38,560 --> 00:16:41,080 And I have a hard time spelling, which is crazy because I'm a 313 00:16:41,080 --> 00:16:43,320 writer. I love to write, but I really 314 00:16:43,320 --> 00:16:46,000 still have a hard time spelling. I remember spelling the word 315 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:49,480 because with an L until I was like in the 7th grade. 316 00:16:49,480 --> 00:16:53,440 And my mother, she was so funny. One day she, she was not trying 317 00:16:53,440 --> 00:16:56,720 to hurt my feelings, but she, she just simply told me, honey, 318 00:16:56,800 --> 00:17:03,000 because it's not spelled with an L, like because and I just what 319 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:05,480 I was like, no way. And nobody had told me up to 320 00:17:05,480 --> 00:17:07,520 that point. And she's like, no, it's not 321 00:17:07,520 --> 00:17:11,200 spelled with an L And I stopped spelling it with an L of it and 322 00:17:11,200 --> 00:17:13,960 immediately. And and that was an interesting 323 00:17:13,960 --> 00:17:16,040 thing. But you know, I see all that to 324 00:17:16,040 --> 00:17:19,000 just say there's so many things that we can go back in our own 325 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:21,560 lives. I know you could and go, yeah, 326 00:17:21,680 --> 00:17:23,720 this happened to me. And so because that happened to 327 00:17:23,720 --> 00:17:26,920 me, I thought it was dumb. For instance, for me, the 328 00:17:26,920 --> 00:17:29,880 example I just gave you, I thought it was really dumb and I 329 00:17:29,880 --> 00:17:31,520 thought it was stupid. I thought I could not learn. 330 00:17:31,760 --> 00:17:34,320 Part of the reason why I didn't learn well as a child was 331 00:17:34,320 --> 00:17:37,240 because of the immense amount of trauma and abuse that I was 332 00:17:37,240 --> 00:17:39,920 enduring as a child. It just it does something to the 333 00:17:39,920 --> 00:17:42,840 way that you learn. I didn't know that then to try 334 00:17:42,840 --> 00:17:46,560 and compartmentalize going to school and learning your 335 00:17:46,560 --> 00:17:49,000 multiplication tables in the third grade and then going home 336 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:50,600 and enduring what I was enduring. 337 00:17:50,840 --> 00:17:52,920 It was just very difficult. So I had a hard time. 338 00:17:52,920 --> 00:17:56,000 And I think for what I went through in my home life that I 339 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:58,680 did really good. If I'm like, looking back on it 340 00:17:58,680 --> 00:18:00,560 now, like, oh, you did actually really good. 341 00:18:00,840 --> 00:18:04,160 And then when I was 27 and I went to college, I made this 342 00:18:04,160 --> 00:18:05,560 decision to go to college. OK. 343 00:18:05,560 --> 00:18:09,320 I decided I was going to go to college because I just wanted 344 00:18:09,320 --> 00:18:11,240 better for my life. I was a waitress. 345 00:18:11,600 --> 00:18:14,560 I didn't make very much money. They call them servers now, but 346 00:18:14,560 --> 00:18:16,800 whenever I was first doing it was called a waitress. 347 00:18:16,800 --> 00:18:18,560 OK, so anyways, you know what I'm talking about. 348 00:18:18,560 --> 00:18:20,680 Don't be offended. But it's waitress or server. 349 00:18:20,680 --> 00:18:22,440 It doesn't matter if you've ever done the job. 350 00:18:22,760 --> 00:18:25,440 But I was both a waitress and a server. 351 00:18:25,600 --> 00:18:28,440 I loved doing that. I loved being a server. 352 00:18:28,440 --> 00:18:32,040 It was my favorite thing to do. But it didn't pay very well, 353 00:18:32,040 --> 00:18:34,400 unfortunately. I made pretty good money for 354 00:18:34,520 --> 00:18:39,160 because I did a good job, but it was still not good money as far 355 00:18:39,160 --> 00:18:41,680 as like, I could have had a better job that paid better. 356 00:18:41,880 --> 00:18:44,040 And so I went to school. I was going to go, you know, be 357 00:18:44,040 --> 00:18:47,320 a nurse. And I just love to serve people, 358 00:18:47,400 --> 00:18:51,120 take care of people. I'm a natural caregiver and I 359 00:18:51,120 --> 00:18:53,400 went to school. But I'll tell you, the decision 360 00:18:53,400 --> 00:18:57,200 to go to college was terrifying, Terrifying. 361 00:18:57,280 --> 00:19:01,040 I was 27. I had two little kids, but the 362 00:19:01,040 --> 00:19:06,320 motivation to go was so great because I was in a situation as 363 00:19:06,320 --> 00:19:09,080 an adult of being in a very abusive situation and I needed 364 00:19:09,080 --> 00:19:12,360 to take care of my children. And I won't get into all of that 365 00:19:12,360 --> 00:19:13,680 right now. If you've read the book Behind 366 00:19:13,680 --> 00:19:17,040 Enemy Lies, you know this story, but I didn't write about this 367 00:19:17,040 --> 00:19:19,120 particular part that I'm sharing with you right now. 368 00:19:19,120 --> 00:19:22,400 But you do know why I decided to go to college so I could get a 369 00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:24,080 better life, you know, for my kids. 370 00:19:24,360 --> 00:19:28,720 But I remember walking in the front doors that day and talking 371 00:19:28,720 --> 00:19:32,240 with the advisor and being so nervous. 372 00:19:32,240 --> 00:19:35,440 My stomach was in knots. I just felt really shaky because 373 00:19:35,440 --> 00:19:38,200 I didn't know if I can actually do it. 374 00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:39,880 I really didn't believe that I was smart enough. 375 00:19:39,880 --> 00:19:43,600 And when they asked me for my transcripts from high school and 376 00:19:43,600 --> 00:19:47,240 what my GPA was, I was like, I do not know. 377 00:19:47,560 --> 00:19:50,040 I have no idea how to get those or what my GPA was. 378 00:19:50,040 --> 00:19:52,440 And I was so scared because I thought they're never going to 379 00:19:52,440 --> 00:19:56,040 let me in here. Thought it was so dumb and it 380 00:19:56,040 --> 00:19:57,720 was terrible. I mean, it's funny now because 381 00:19:57,720 --> 00:19:59,800 I'm like, oh, that was such a limiting belief. 382 00:19:59,800 --> 00:20:02,000 Not good at all because of all that I had been through. 383 00:20:02,720 --> 00:20:05,000 But anyways, I went through the the process of getting the 384 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:08,200 transcripts and went through the process of of, you know, 385 00:20:08,200 --> 00:20:12,000 applying and going through their testing to see where I, you 386 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:14,720 know, landed. Was I college level or did I 387 00:20:14,720 --> 00:20:18,040 need some readiness classes and things like that instead of like 388 00:20:18,040 --> 00:20:20,160 the ACT? And I was really shocked because 389 00:20:20,160 --> 00:20:22,480 I'll tell you, even though I thought I was really dumb all my 390 00:20:22,480 --> 00:20:24,160 life in this. And I have a point because I 391 00:20:24,160 --> 00:20:26,840 want you to be thinking in your own life as I'm sharing the 392 00:20:26,840 --> 00:20:28,200 story. What is the what is a 393 00:20:28,440 --> 00:20:31,840 predominant limiting belief or lie or identity? 394 00:20:32,120 --> 00:20:34,640 You can say them all interchangeably that you believe 395 00:20:34,640 --> 00:20:37,000 about yourself. And then I want you to think 396 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:41,680 about how you could possibly do the same type of things that I 397 00:20:41,680 --> 00:20:44,960 did in my life to find evidence for why that wasn't true, which 398 00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:46,280 is what I'm going to share with you next. 399 00:20:46,640 --> 00:20:51,120 So I got the transcripts and I did not have the greatest GPA, 400 00:20:51,400 --> 00:20:54,280 but it wasn't terrible. OK, I, I was not a flunky or 401 00:20:54,280 --> 00:20:57,040 anything like that. Like I had good grades, but like 402 00:20:57,040 --> 00:21:00,800 C's, OK, B's and C's were, were about where I was at. 403 00:21:01,120 --> 00:21:03,240 And I thought, well, hey, here's my transcript. 404 00:21:03,240 --> 00:21:05,960 And they said, OK, no problem, let's take your readiness tests. 405 00:21:06,240 --> 00:21:11,000 And I was so blown away. I scored really well on all of 406 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:13,600 those tests that they gave me, except for in math. 407 00:21:13,600 --> 00:21:16,560 I did have to go back and learn like how to add and subtract and 408 00:21:16,560 --> 00:21:21,000 multiply without a calculator, which I fully expected. 409 00:21:21,400 --> 00:21:25,400 But I was at college level, reading, college level science, 410 00:21:25,400 --> 00:21:28,280 college level, every other area, and I could just jump right in 411 00:21:28,520 --> 00:21:31,320 at a college level in every other space except for math, 412 00:21:31,440 --> 00:21:34,240 which is fine. I still cannot stand math to 413 00:21:34,240 --> 00:21:36,720 this day. That's OK, I don't need to. 414 00:21:36,720 --> 00:21:40,360 I don't want to, but I and then through college, I kept a four 415 00:21:40,360 --> 00:21:42,200 point, OI mean, that's straight A's. 416 00:21:42,520 --> 00:21:45,000 And I thought, OK, wow, I actually am not dumb. 417 00:21:45,280 --> 00:21:47,520 I can learn. Look what I'm doing right now. 418 00:21:47,520 --> 00:21:49,160 I'm writing all these amazing essays. 419 00:21:49,480 --> 00:21:53,040 I didn't always enjoy every essay I had to write, but I I 420 00:21:53,040 --> 00:21:54,400 love to write. So that was good. 421 00:21:54,480 --> 00:21:57,760 Researching and stuff wasn't always the funnest part, but I 422 00:21:58,680 --> 00:22:01,960 did, I did enjoy it and I, I did really well in science. 423 00:22:01,960 --> 00:22:05,960 And so all of that to say, like, I actually, I'm not dumb. 424 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:11,000 And so I thought that my whole life based on what some kid made 425 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:13,240 fun of me for reading a bunch of different times throughout 426 00:22:13,240 --> 00:22:16,280 school and you know, I didn't get the the greatest grades and 427 00:22:16,280 --> 00:22:17,800 I don't want to raise my hand to be wrong. 428 00:22:17,800 --> 00:22:18,920 OK? Like what? 429 00:22:19,320 --> 00:22:21,120 I believe that I was dumb my whole life. 430 00:22:21,120 --> 00:22:23,680 And then there's evidence over here as an adult that says 431 00:22:23,680 --> 00:22:24,880 otherwise. Hey, you're not. 432 00:22:25,320 --> 00:22:28,960 And so even now when the enemy tries to remind me as I'm on 433 00:22:28,960 --> 00:22:33,000 this journey now of being in the online space and having to learn 434 00:22:33,200 --> 00:22:36,840 so many things about technology and how to be a better speaker 435 00:22:36,840 --> 00:22:39,360 and how to be communicate well and how to do all these things 436 00:22:39,360 --> 00:22:40,880 that I don't really know how to do. 437 00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:45,400 I just have to remind the enemy of who I am or myself or my 438 00:22:45,400 --> 00:22:48,800 myself too. And just I'm not picking up 439 00:22:48,800 --> 00:22:51,440 those. I'm not picking up any of those 440 00:22:51,440 --> 00:22:53,080 labels. Like I can do it. 441 00:22:53,080 --> 00:22:55,480 It is hard, absolutely. But guess what? 442 00:22:55,640 --> 00:22:58,600 I can do hard things. How do I know that I can do hard 443 00:22:58,600 --> 00:23:02,640 things? Evidence says in my life that I 444 00:23:02,640 --> 00:23:05,280 can do hard things because I've done them before. 445 00:23:06,040 --> 00:23:10,000 I've done way harder things than trying to learn how to set up a 446 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:15,000 funnel to get people to be able to buy an amazing course that is 447 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:19,440 going to completely transform their life and, and help them to 448 00:23:19,440 --> 00:23:23,360 remove the baggage of, of all this junk that I'm talking about 449 00:23:23,360 --> 00:23:25,400 right now that they've been carrying around through this 450 00:23:25,400 --> 00:23:28,920 freedom framework to find identity and healing in Christ 451 00:23:29,160 --> 00:23:32,360 and to have a better body physically, but also mentally 452 00:23:32,360 --> 00:23:35,960 and emotionally and, and all the things like I can do this. 453 00:23:36,200 --> 00:23:37,560 Why? Because I have a big enough 454 00:23:37,560 --> 00:23:39,120 reason why on the other side, it's you. 455 00:23:39,800 --> 00:23:42,760 It's you. Like for college, it was my kids 456 00:23:43,320 --> 00:23:45,200 for, you know, I have to have a big enough reason why I quit 457 00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:48,160 smoking all those years and years ago was for my kids. 458 00:23:48,440 --> 00:23:49,960 I have this big enough reason why. 459 00:23:49,960 --> 00:23:51,680 And then I figure it out. OK. 460 00:23:51,680 --> 00:23:54,160 And I can talk about that right now, but I'm just not going to. 461 00:23:54,160 --> 00:23:56,520 But I want, I want to insert this little nugget for you about 462 00:23:56,520 --> 00:23:59,920 the big enough reason why. If you want to get healthy, if 463 00:23:59,920 --> 00:24:03,920 you want to be a healthier person, lose weight or think 464 00:24:03,920 --> 00:24:07,320 differently, or you know, get free from bondage of food or 465 00:24:07,320 --> 00:24:10,880 whatever it is, all you have to do is get a big enough reason 466 00:24:10,880 --> 00:24:13,240 why and then come up with a plan of action. 467 00:24:13,240 --> 00:24:16,120 And that's part of the reason why I show up here like this, 468 00:24:16,120 --> 00:24:18,040 right? Like in, in the coaching space, 469 00:24:18,040 --> 00:24:21,480 because I really want to make sure that I'm available to help 470 00:24:21,480 --> 00:24:24,560 you walk that out to help you create your plan and help keep 471 00:24:24,560 --> 00:24:28,440 you accountable to that so that you can get to where you want to 472 00:24:28,440 --> 00:24:31,440 go and, and have that along the way. 473 00:24:31,440 --> 00:24:35,040 God gave me that throughout all of the different processes in my 474 00:24:35,040 --> 00:24:38,800 journey to discovering who I was and what I was capable of 475 00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:42,920 because of who I belong to and the purpose and plan on my life 476 00:24:43,320 --> 00:24:45,200 that I had. All these people. 477 00:24:45,200 --> 00:24:46,600 God just sent me all these people. 478 00:24:46,600 --> 00:24:50,200 And so I'm not that person for a lot of women, and I'm very 479 00:24:50,200 --> 00:24:53,520 thankful for that. So this is your invitation. 480 00:24:54,040 --> 00:24:57,520 This is your invitation. OK, biblical body plan, jump 481 00:24:57,520 --> 00:24:59,280 into it. If you've not started going 482 00:24:59,280 --> 00:25:01,920 through it yet, just do it because it's going to totally 483 00:25:01,920 --> 00:25:04,680 transform your life. But I want to continue on 484 00:25:04,680 --> 00:25:09,360 talking about this because when you scan for evidence to back up 485 00:25:09,520 --> 00:25:13,200 the truth of the Word of God in your life, you can do it easily. 486 00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:16,960 If you'll go back and see where you actually have done well, 487 00:25:16,960 --> 00:25:20,760 where somebody has loved you, where somebody has drawn you 488 00:25:20,760 --> 00:25:24,680 into their circle and made you a part and you weren't rejected or 489 00:25:24,680 --> 00:25:26,320 whatever it else you know that it is. 490 00:25:26,640 --> 00:25:29,080 There's evidence, but if you can't find that physically in 491 00:25:29,080 --> 00:25:31,640 your life, there's evidence that Christ did it for you. 492 00:25:32,120 --> 00:25:35,360 There's evidence that He walked it out in His life and He 493 00:25:35,360 --> 00:25:38,440 understands. So it just helps me, I guess, to 494 00:25:38,440 --> 00:25:41,160 feel more like, OK, Jesus understands. 495 00:25:41,400 --> 00:25:43,920 And so who am I in Christ? I'm more than a conqueror. 496 00:25:44,240 --> 00:25:47,200 Why am I more than a conqueror when I feel like such a failure? 497 00:25:47,480 --> 00:25:50,320 Well, because the evidence is that I'm more than a conqueror 498 00:25:50,320 --> 00:25:54,840 because Christ is, because he is and why he lives in me. 499 00:25:55,080 --> 00:25:57,760 So it doesn't mean that I have to be the Conqueror. 500 00:25:57,760 --> 00:25:59,600 Like, yeah, I'm doing all the things. 501 00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:02,560 I got this. No, like, like there's a lot of 502 00:26:02,560 --> 00:26:05,120 days I am failing hardcore. But guess what? 503 00:26:05,120 --> 00:26:08,440 I'm not a failure. Just because I'm failing. 504 00:26:08,680 --> 00:26:12,600 That doesn't make me a failure. And so just really realizing 505 00:26:12,600 --> 00:26:17,320 that is so powerful for me, you know, and I used to believe that 506 00:26:17,320 --> 00:26:19,520 I was a mistake. I used to believe that I was 507 00:26:19,520 --> 00:26:21,960 good for nothing, that I was powerless. 508 00:26:22,480 --> 00:26:25,880 I felt unwanted, you know, all the things completely uncared 509 00:26:25,880 --> 00:26:27,600 for. And I battled thoughts of 510 00:26:28,240 --> 00:26:31,880 honestly, like feeling as though nobody would notice or even care 511 00:26:31,880 --> 00:26:35,680 if I wasn't here anymore. And those lies that I bought, I 512 00:26:35,680 --> 00:26:37,440 bought them hook, line and sinker. 513 00:26:37,440 --> 00:26:41,920 They almost took me out. I had my identity stolen before 514 00:26:41,920 --> 00:26:45,280 I even knew who I was. Like the youngest age possible. 515 00:26:45,480 --> 00:26:48,240 He swooped in and he began his full on assault. 516 00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:50,360 And this is what the enemy does for you too. 517 00:26:50,360 --> 00:26:53,840 His weapons, they aren't guns, they aren't hand grenades, they 518 00:26:53,840 --> 00:26:56,840 aren't knives. But nonetheless, they were meant 519 00:26:56,840 --> 00:27:02,080 to leave us dead, or at least incapable of being able to stand 520 00:27:02,080 --> 00:27:03,760 and fight. And so the first step in 521 00:27:03,760 --> 00:27:07,160 protecting your identity is knowing that you have a real 522 00:27:07,160 --> 00:27:09,080 enemy. It's pretty hard to fight an 523 00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:11,480 enemy that you are not even aware that you have. 524 00:27:11,880 --> 00:27:16,040 So once I found out that I had an enemy, it was on like it was 525 00:27:16,320 --> 00:27:18,320 on. I wasn't going to sit around and 526 00:27:18,320 --> 00:27:22,680 let this happen to me anymore. I started to learn who I was and 527 00:27:22,680 --> 00:27:26,560 who I was created for. That I was so valuable and that 528 00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:32,120 the highest price ever paid for someone ever was paid for me, 529 00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:34,720 for you. Jesus paid that price. 530 00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:38,920 And he died in my place and in your place so that you could be 531 00:27:38,920 --> 00:27:42,040 welcomed into the Kingdom of heaven, blameless. 532 00:27:43,280 --> 00:27:46,920 He died for your protection. He died so you could be free. 533 00:27:47,440 --> 00:27:51,760 He died so that you could be forgiven, and He died so that 534 00:27:51,760 --> 00:27:55,400 you could be His. You matter that much to Him. 535 00:27:55,720 --> 00:27:59,400 You matter that much. John 1010 says the thief comes 536 00:27:59,680 --> 00:28:03,120 only to steal, kill and destroy. But I have come. 537 00:28:03,280 --> 00:28:07,800 This is Christ saying this, that you may have life and life more 538 00:28:07,800 --> 00:28:10,880 abundantly. So the enemy of our soul doesn't 539 00:28:10,880 --> 00:28:13,680 want us to know that Jesus came to give us life and life more 540 00:28:13,680 --> 00:28:15,440 abundantly. Nope, he does not. 541 00:28:15,440 --> 00:28:17,240 He wants us fighting about it. That's what he wants. 542 00:28:17,240 --> 00:28:19,280 The word abundance is freaks out people. 543 00:28:19,480 --> 00:28:23,240 Well, it's a prosperity gospel. I'm like, where do you see that? 544 00:28:23,480 --> 00:28:25,880 It's in the Bible. He wants you to live in 545 00:28:25,880 --> 00:28:27,400 abundance. It doesn't necessarily mean be a 546 00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:32,520 millionaire, but to have like an abundance mindset is different 547 00:28:32,520 --> 00:28:35,920 than a poverty mindset, which I won't get into today either, but 548 00:28:35,920 --> 00:28:38,760 I could. But he didn't just give life, He 549 00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:41,600 gave it abundantly. So when somebody gives you a 550 00:28:41,600 --> 00:28:43,960 gift, what are you supposed to do? 551 00:28:44,440 --> 00:28:47,360 Take it, Receive it, right? Like, thank you so much. 552 00:28:47,360 --> 00:28:50,680 I appreciate this gift. When we realize our identity in 553 00:28:50,680 --> 00:28:55,000 Christ is no longer based on what others say about us, and 554 00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:58,560 it's no longer based on how condemning the enemy of our soul 555 00:28:58,680 --> 00:29:02,440 attempts to be by reminding us of who He says we are. 556 00:29:03,480 --> 00:29:08,440 Our identity isn't based on what we have or social status or what 557 00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:11,240 we haven't done in our life, whether we've failed or not 558 00:29:11,240 --> 00:29:14,440 failed. Our identity is based on God and 559 00:29:14,440 --> 00:29:18,920 what He says about us. So what does he say about us? 560 00:29:19,560 --> 00:29:23,320 God was so thoughtful and that He knew you would ask this 561 00:29:23,320 --> 00:29:26,120 question. So he left us a sort of a love 562 00:29:26,120 --> 00:29:30,120 letter and it's a full of revelations about your identity, 563 00:29:30,120 --> 00:29:33,400 your true identity and your position and his family. 564 00:29:33,640 --> 00:29:36,680 And guess what? It's called the Bible, the word. 565 00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:41,280 He gave us this beautiful love letter to tell us who we are. 566 00:29:41,560 --> 00:29:47,000 He says you are chosen, you are loved, you are forgiven, you are 567 00:29:47,000 --> 00:29:52,320 free, you are healed, you are an overcomer, you are eternal, you 568 00:29:52,320 --> 00:29:56,920 are accepted, you're his. So you can go through the word 569 00:29:56,920 --> 00:30:00,160 and find out so many different scriptures on who you are in 570 00:30:00,160 --> 00:30:01,800 Christ. When you're like, I have no 571 00:30:01,880 --> 00:30:03,920 idea. I feel like such a blot fill in 572 00:30:03,920 --> 00:30:06,080 the blank, right? I think I'm this or I see you 573 00:30:06,080 --> 00:30:08,000 say these things about yourself all the time, right? 574 00:30:08,000 --> 00:30:12,040 You're your own worst enemy. A lot of times the enemy just 575 00:30:12,520 --> 00:30:14,880 plants the seeds and then a lot of times pushes a button and 576 00:30:14,880 --> 00:30:16,520 stands back and lets you self destruct. 577 00:30:16,520 --> 00:30:20,400 And so that's where you have to take, you know, the stance of 578 00:30:20,600 --> 00:30:24,920 partnering with Jesus to cancel the lies and those limiting 579 00:30:24,920 --> 00:30:28,600 beliefs leaves out for truth and of who you are in Christ. 580 00:30:28,600 --> 00:30:30,840 And you won't know that if you don't go to the word. 581 00:30:31,120 --> 00:30:34,240 So there's a lot of resources for you can Google who I am in 582 00:30:34,240 --> 00:30:36,960 Christ, can look in the workbook, see the scriptures in 583 00:30:36,960 --> 00:30:40,960 your identity in Christ so you can remember and be reminded of 584 00:30:40,960 --> 00:30:43,840 who you are. That's very, very important. 585 00:30:44,040 --> 00:30:47,600 So in my journey of discovering who I was and finding my 586 00:30:47,600 --> 00:30:51,040 identity, I had to ask myself this question first. 587 00:30:51,320 --> 00:30:53,960 To whom did I belong? Who created me? 588 00:30:54,080 --> 00:30:57,240 Like, who is this God? And I knew I wasn't just some 589 00:30:57,240 --> 00:30:59,840 explosion of matter, right, that they tried to tell us about, 590 00:30:59,840 --> 00:31:02,760 like evolution. I knew that I was created on 591 00:31:02,760 --> 00:31:05,520 purpose with a purpose for a purpose. 592 00:31:05,520 --> 00:31:08,240 Like I knew that. So the question that I had was, 593 00:31:08,560 --> 00:31:12,160 who is this creator of my soul? And in order to find out who I 594 00:31:12,160 --> 00:31:17,280 was, I had to discover first who God was because I did not 595 00:31:17,280 --> 00:31:20,480 believe that God was good for a long time. 596 00:31:20,480 --> 00:31:24,960 I believe that either I wasn't good or he wasn't good because 597 00:31:24,960 --> 00:31:27,560 why did I have to go through all that pain as a child, all that 598 00:31:27,560 --> 00:31:30,160 pain as an adult and him not do anything about it? 599 00:31:30,160 --> 00:31:33,760 I'd had not fully grasped this idea or even at all, not even 600 00:31:33,760 --> 00:31:37,920 fully, not even a a percent had grasped this idea that human 601 00:31:37,920 --> 00:31:39,680 beings have been given the gift of choice. 602 00:31:39,920 --> 00:31:43,000 And we have all this ability to choose. 603 00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:46,400 And sometimes people choose wrong and, and they do things 604 00:31:46,400 --> 00:31:49,760 that hurt other people and that God gave them that gift of 605 00:31:49,760 --> 00:31:52,200 choice as well. But that he was with me all the 606 00:31:52,200 --> 00:31:54,200 time and it and it's such a beautiful healing journey. 607 00:31:54,200 --> 00:31:56,840 In the book behind Enemy Lies, if you haven't read it, 608 00:31:57,640 --> 00:32:00,320 definitely go read it because it's going to help you to see 609 00:32:00,320 --> 00:32:04,080 too, if you have had some different ideas about who you 610 00:32:04,080 --> 00:32:06,400 think God is too. I definitely did. 611 00:32:06,400 --> 00:32:09,400 That's why I had to go on this discovery journey of who God was 612 00:32:09,680 --> 00:32:12,240 in order for me to discover who I was. 613 00:32:12,240 --> 00:32:16,120 OK, so during this intentional purpose of research, I really 614 00:32:16,120 --> 00:32:21,080 discovered that God is much more than just like the old man in 615 00:32:21,080 --> 00:32:23,800 the sky that I thought he was. You know, that would throw 616 00:32:23,800 --> 00:32:26,240 something terrible at me anytime I messed up. 617 00:32:26,240 --> 00:32:29,840 I discovered that He wasn't that at all. 618 00:32:29,840 --> 00:32:33,120 That's not who God was. The Word, which is our owner's 619 00:32:33,120 --> 00:32:37,760 manual for life, gives us all the answers to debunk any skewed 620 00:32:37,760 --> 00:32:40,800 ideas that we have formed about who God really is. 621 00:32:41,040 --> 00:32:44,040 So I knew who God was since I was a little girl. 622 00:32:44,040 --> 00:32:47,680 At least I thought I knew who He was based on what I had been 623 00:32:47,680 --> 00:32:49,960 told about God. But like I said, I didn't really 624 00:32:49,960 --> 00:32:53,320 know Him. Like I knew him, like I say this 625 00:32:53,320 --> 00:32:55,720 a lot, I kind of knew him, like I knew Taylor Swift. 626 00:32:55,720 --> 00:32:58,480 I didn't know Taylor Swift. I just knew of her. 627 00:32:58,480 --> 00:33:00,920 Like I knew her music. I followed her when she was a 628 00:33:00,920 --> 00:33:03,320 country singer, country music singer and stuff, right? 629 00:33:03,320 --> 00:33:05,800 But I knew her music and all that, but I didn't know her. 630 00:33:05,800 --> 00:33:06,720 I didn't know what made her laugh. 631 00:33:06,720 --> 00:33:08,800 I didn't know what made her cry. I didn't know all the things, 632 00:33:08,800 --> 00:33:10,840 right? But I needed to find out who God 633 00:33:10,840 --> 00:33:13,520 was for myself by being in relationship with him. 634 00:33:13,520 --> 00:33:16,640 And that's how you know anybody is getting in a relationship 635 00:33:16,640 --> 00:33:19,920 with him with that person, even when you're dating or whatever, 636 00:33:19,920 --> 00:33:22,240 right? So I started really searching 637 00:33:22,240 --> 00:33:25,680 the Scriptures over the course of my own inner healing over 638 00:33:25,680 --> 00:33:30,160 this hugely long journey, and I came up with this huge list of 639 00:33:30,160 --> 00:33:33,880 God's characteristics, and I put it together for you so that you 640 00:33:33,880 --> 00:33:37,120 have it in your workbooks in the biblical body plan, and you have 641 00:33:37,120 --> 00:33:41,240 it for easy access. It's not an exhaustive list, but 642 00:33:41,240 --> 00:33:44,480 it's a start, and I hope that it encourages you and brings you 643 00:33:44,480 --> 00:33:48,680 greater revelation about who it is that you were created by and 644 00:33:48,680 --> 00:33:52,160 how much God loves you. Because if you know who God 645 00:33:52,160 --> 00:33:56,440 really is, it's so much easier to determine whether you're 646 00:33:56,440 --> 00:33:59,360 hearing His voice or the enemy's voice. 647 00:33:59,360 --> 00:34:01,880 How do you know if it's God or if it's you? 648 00:34:02,280 --> 00:34:04,080 This is how you know. Relationship. 649 00:34:04,080 --> 00:34:07,680 This is so important. I did this because on my 650 00:34:07,680 --> 00:34:11,679 journey, it was really vital to strengthen my relationship with 651 00:34:11,679 --> 00:34:16,360 God so that I could better trust Him and know His character. 652 00:34:16,360 --> 00:34:20,800 When I felt like I was failing, it was easy to beat myself up 653 00:34:20,800 --> 00:34:24,600 and really believe that God expected perfection on my health 654 00:34:24,600 --> 00:34:28,719 journey, like my mental health, my inner healing health, my 655 00:34:28,719 --> 00:34:31,800 physical health. But the truth be told, He 656 00:34:31,800 --> 00:34:36,159 created you and He knows exactly how you're wired and what makes 657 00:34:36,159 --> 00:34:38,080 you tick and why you do what you do. 658 00:34:38,360 --> 00:34:41,199 And He loves you. Despite all your faults and all 659 00:34:41,199 --> 00:34:44,360 your shortcomings and your addictions and your problems, He 660 00:34:44,360 --> 00:34:46,639 loves you. He loves you when you eat an 661 00:34:46,639 --> 00:34:49,760 entire tub of Ben and Jerry's on the couch because you're 662 00:34:49,760 --> 00:34:51,280 struggling. You've had a hard day. 663 00:34:51,400 --> 00:34:53,920 He loves you when you forget to take care of your body the way 664 00:34:53,920 --> 00:34:57,000 that He intended you to. He loves you when you don't come 665 00:34:57,000 --> 00:34:59,960 to Him first and you go to that tub of ice cream. 666 00:34:59,960 --> 00:35:02,760 There's grace, and it's called Jesus. 667 00:35:03,040 --> 00:35:06,880 That is grace. He sees you where you are and He 668 00:35:06,880 --> 00:35:10,040 meets you there. He doesn't wait until you get 669 00:35:10,040 --> 00:35:11,920 your act together. OK, No. 670 00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:16,960 He made a way to be with you. He is the waymaker. 671 00:35:17,240 --> 00:35:20,320 He made a way to be with you, health challenges and all. 672 00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:24,000 He wants to walk with you through the pain of the past, 673 00:35:24,280 --> 00:35:26,800 through the emotional baggage that you carry, through the 674 00:35:26,800 --> 00:35:30,120 anxiety or the depression or the anger, the shame, the guilt, all 675 00:35:30,120 --> 00:35:32,440 the things. He wants to walk with you 676 00:35:32,480 --> 00:35:36,520 through all of that. He's 100% ready to take that 677 00:35:36,520 --> 00:35:40,000 load anytime you decide to lay it down. 678 00:35:40,520 --> 00:35:42,480 He's never far away. He's always right there. 679 00:35:42,480 --> 00:35:45,520 He accepts you right where you are, but he makes a way for you 680 00:35:45,520 --> 00:35:48,720 to grow and to develop. So he doesn't want to leave you 681 00:35:48,720 --> 00:35:51,320 there, but he's going to stay with you until you're ready to 682 00:35:51,320 --> 00:35:53,320 move forward and he's going to walk with you. 683 00:35:53,320 --> 00:35:56,120 He's going to keep making ways for you to to grow and to 684 00:35:56,120 --> 00:36:00,320 develop into who he created you to be if you'll just take the 685 00:36:00,320 --> 00:36:04,520 journey with him. So when you really get who he is 686 00:36:04,800 --> 00:36:08,560 and how much he loves you, you're going to go from doing 687 00:36:08,560 --> 00:36:11,880 things because you have to or not doing things because you 688 00:36:11,880 --> 00:36:16,880 can't right, to doing what you know brings pleasure to the One 689 00:36:16,880 --> 00:36:19,560 who created you. And it is for your benefit. 690 00:36:20,320 --> 00:36:22,880 You're gonna go from the person who can't have the cookie 691 00:36:22,880 --> 00:36:25,960 because I'm on a diet to the person who definitely can have 692 00:36:25,960 --> 00:36:29,560 the cookie anytime she wants, but she chooses not to because 693 00:36:29,560 --> 00:36:32,440 she knows it's just not actually beneficial for her body. 694 00:36:32,720 --> 00:36:37,400 And the desire for that is gone because the the desire for a 695 00:36:37,400 --> 00:36:39,960 body that works well, like you have to have big enough reason 696 00:36:39,960 --> 00:36:42,640 why, right? The desire for a body that feels 697 00:36:42,640 --> 00:36:45,920 good and works good is greater than the desire for eating that 698 00:36:45,920 --> 00:36:47,720 cookie. So you'll want to do the things 699 00:36:47,720 --> 00:36:49,960 that are helpful for your body, your mind, your spirit. 700 00:36:50,240 --> 00:36:54,720 And this is the entire process of the biblical body plan. 701 00:36:54,960 --> 00:36:58,600 So we're leaving behind the idea that you have to starve yourself 702 00:36:58,600 --> 00:37:02,880 or you have to always be on a diet or exercise excessively. 703 00:37:02,880 --> 00:37:05,800 You don't, OK? You don't do extreme things to 704 00:37:05,800 --> 00:37:09,160 get to your desired goal. You're just not. 705 00:37:09,160 --> 00:37:10,280 You don't. We're done with that. 706 00:37:10,280 --> 00:37:12,240 OK, We're done with that. That stops today. 707 00:37:12,440 --> 00:37:15,520 If you're still battling thinking, but I'd I have to not 708 00:37:15,520 --> 00:37:19,840 eat, I have to not. No, we're done with that today. 709 00:37:19,880 --> 00:37:21,280 That's enough. No, no more. 710 00:37:21,280 --> 00:37:23,000 OK. You aren't running from 711 00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:26,840 something yourself, your weight. You're not running from what you 712 00:37:26,840 --> 00:37:28,040 hate when you look in the mirror anymore. 713 00:37:28,040 --> 00:37:30,880 You're not running from something anymore. 714 00:37:31,360 --> 00:37:34,200 You're not because when you're running from something, what are 715 00:37:34,200 --> 00:37:36,000 you doing? You're terrified, right? 716 00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:38,880 Your stress levels through the roof, cortisols through the roof 717 00:37:38,880 --> 00:37:41,440 and what's going to happen? Stress causes weight gain, 718 00:37:41,440 --> 00:37:42,960 right? Cortisol levels being high 719 00:37:43,400 --> 00:37:46,480 equals weight gain too. So I'm not saying that you 720 00:37:46,480 --> 00:37:50,720 should just like abandoned all, you know, healthy eating habits 721 00:37:50,720 --> 00:37:53,720 and eat whatever you want. And, and I'm not saying any of 722 00:37:53,720 --> 00:37:58,360 that, but the process is going to completely transform you from 723 00:37:58,360 --> 00:38:01,640 where you are to where you want to be in your mindset set. 724 00:38:02,120 --> 00:38:05,560 And so you'll begin to make different choices, desire 725 00:38:05,560 --> 00:38:10,160 different things, and you will ultimately not care to eat all 726 00:38:10,160 --> 00:38:13,840 the things that are harming your body eventually and start to 727 00:38:13,840 --> 00:38:17,880 want to eat more of the foods that are loving your body and 728 00:38:17,880 --> 00:38:20,080 are not harming you. It doesn't mean you still can't 729 00:38:20,080 --> 00:38:22,840 have those other things. It just means that you have now 730 00:38:22,840 --> 00:38:25,840 put them in their place where they belong and they do not 731 00:38:25,840 --> 00:38:28,240 control you. You control them. 732 00:38:28,240 --> 00:38:30,680 You control when you want to eat them or drink that thing or 733 00:38:30,680 --> 00:38:34,080 whatever else. You don't have to be completely 734 00:38:34,160 --> 00:38:37,960 led by deprivation and fear or driven by it. 735 00:38:38,280 --> 00:38:40,760 Lead is not even the word usually driven, right? 736 00:38:40,760 --> 00:38:43,960 Like a, a shepherd gets behind the sheep or dogs get behind 737 00:38:43,960 --> 00:38:45,880 them and they drive them Bark, bark, bark, bark, bark. 738 00:38:46,120 --> 00:38:48,920 You know, they, they drive them to where they need them to go. 739 00:38:49,120 --> 00:38:51,760 You're not being driven, you're being LED, OK. 740 00:38:51,760 --> 00:38:54,000 You are being LED in this whole process. 741 00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:58,640 So beautiful to be LED because you're not running from 742 00:38:58,680 --> 00:39:03,760 something, you are running to someone in this process. 743 00:39:03,760 --> 00:39:08,440 And His name is Jesus, the One who created you and knows 744 00:39:08,440 --> 00:39:11,840 exactly what your body and your mind needs to be healthy. 745 00:39:12,320 --> 00:39:15,000 Listen to Him and He's going to tell you. 746 00:39:15,480 --> 00:39:17,920 He is going to tell you. You can still choose to ignore 747 00:39:17,920 --> 00:39:21,000 him and listen to the voice inside your head that's louder 748 00:39:21,000 --> 00:39:24,520 or the desire of your flesh that screams for what it wants when 749 00:39:24,520 --> 00:39:27,600 it wants it right now, like a spoiled temper tantrum baby 750 00:39:27,800 --> 00:39:30,240 that's, you know, two or three years old saying I want it now, 751 00:39:30,240 --> 00:39:31,760 give it to me now. You can do that. 752 00:39:31,760 --> 00:39:34,240 You can totally do that or you can choose to listen and he's 753 00:39:34,240 --> 00:39:36,680 going to tell you what's good for you, what's not good for 754 00:39:36,680 --> 00:39:39,040 you, what's true about you, what's not true about you, who 755 00:39:39,040 --> 00:39:42,360 you are, in him, in him. OK? 756 00:39:42,360 --> 00:39:44,560 It's very important. Phase four of the biblical body 757 00:39:44,560 --> 00:39:47,640 plan really dives into the reticular activating system and 758 00:39:47,640 --> 00:39:52,440 learning how to use that as a tool to solidify your identity 759 00:39:52,440 --> 00:39:56,360 and to get your brain, your mind, your actual mind to 760 00:39:56,360 --> 00:39:59,680 believe that you are who he says you are. 761 00:39:59,920 --> 00:40:03,000 It's such a beautiful thing. So thank you for being with me 762 00:40:03,000 --> 00:40:07,720 today and I hope you have a wonderful, wonderful week and 763 00:40:07,720 --> 00:40:09,120 I'll see you here later.